Weather News India 27 February 2013 Climate Forecast Report

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TEMPERATURE: Minimum temperatures are above normal by 24° C over many parts of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, northeast Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat region, SubHimalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and west Assam. They are below normal by 23° C over some parts of Jharkhand, Odisha, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala and near normal over rest parts of the country. The lowest minimum temperature of 7.6°C has been recorded at Adampur (Punjab) in plains of the country.

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RAINFALL (From 0830 hours IST of yesterday to 0830 hours IST of today) Rain/snow has occurred at most places over Jammu & Kashmir; at many places over Himachal Pradesh. Light rainfall has occur at one or two places over Punjab, Haryana and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Weather remained mainly dry over rest of the country. The amount of rainfall(1 cm or more) recorded at: Batote5, Qazigund, Banihal and Bhaderwah4 each, Kupwara and Pahalgaon3 each, Kukarnag, Katra, Srinagar2, Sundernagar, Jammu, Patiala, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Gulmarg1 each.

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CLOUDS: Kalpana1 Cloud imagery at 0830 hours IST shows convective clouds over most parts of Jammu & Kashmir and some parts of Himachal Pradesh and southeast Bay of Bengal. Low/medium clouds are seen over rest parts of western Himalayan region and some parts of Punjab, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh.

 

♦ The western disturbance as an upper air system over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir persists. An induced cyclonic circulation over west Rajasthan and neighbourhood also persists.

 

♦ The trough of low over over southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood persists.